Garment



Feb 23, 1937.

D. w. BARMON 2,072,020

GARMENT Filed Sept. 25, 1935 marl-m m zig- I gwumrm Patented Feb. 23, 1937 UNITED STATES FATENT GFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garments.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a ladies garment known in the art as the wrap-around type, smocks or other form of dresses that produce a waist line effect without the use of straps, strings or ties, etc., the garment being close fitting at the waist line to present a more finished dress effect.

A further object of the invention is to provide a ladies garment of the foregoing character wherein the elastic cords or the like are stitched to portions of the waist line of the garment with the material of the garment shirred or gathered where the elastic cords are attached to permit stretching of the garment at the waist line to accommodate different sizes, the elastic cords being placed either at the back of the garment or in spaced sections at the sides of the garment with the closure fasteners for the garment preferably in the form of buttons and button holes being alined with the elastic cords for placing the same under direct tension to accomplish a more decided waistline effect.

With the above and other objects in view that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a rear elevational View of a ladies garment constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing the elastic cords located at the waist line of the garment and in the back thereof;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary inner face view showing three parallel rows of elastic cord stitched to shirred portions of the material of the garment;

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3, showing the stitching surrounding the elastic cords and fastened to the garment;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary inside view of the garment, showing the stitching for attaching the elastic cords to a shirred portion of the garment;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary front elevational view of another form of garment, wherein the elastic cords are arranged at opposite sides of the waistline of the garment with the closure fasteners for the garment in line with the elastic cords; and

Figure '7 is a horizontal sectional View taken on line l-'l of Figure 6.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing and particularly to Figures 1 to 5, the garment may be in the form of a smock, apron or dress of the wrap-around type embodying a body portion i0 and a skirt portion I! with an intermediate waist line area E2. The garment illustrated is of the general wrap-around type with overlapping front sections 13 and M as shown in Figure 2 with buttons l5 carried by the underlying section i3, adapted for passage through button holes in the overlapping section [4, the buttons and button holes being located at the front of the garment and in the waist line area l2.

In order to produce a more finished dress-like appearance, with a well defined waist line, the back of the garment at the waist line area I2 is gathered or shirred as at l6 with elastic cords ll, preferably three in number, spaced from each other and parallel are secured to the shirred portion l6 at the waist line area 12 by cover stitching l8 that overlies the elastic cords IT and passes through the material in the garment at 58a as shown in Figure 4. The button fasteners [5 for the overlapping portions l3 and M of the garment are in line with the gathered and tensioned section at the back of the garment to produce a direct pull on the elastic cords when the closure means is fastened, and this direct line of pull on the elastic cord causes a more snug engagement of the waist line area ii of the garment with the body of the wearer to produce a more decided waist line effect and in simulation of more expensive articles of apparel as contrasted with the ordinary loose fitting smocks and wraparound garments.

In the form of invention illustrated in Figures 6 and 7, the elastic cords for producing the Waist line effect are located at each side of the waist line of the garment as at I2a, the sides of the waist line of the garment being shirred with the elastic cords attached thereto in a manner similar to the form of invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5. The button fasteners I5a are associated with the front overlapping sections of the garment as shown in Fig. 6 and in line with the elastic portions I211. In this form of the invention, the rear portion of the garment at the waist line presents a smooth and even appearance,

while the gathered portions of the garment at the waist line overlie the hips of the wearer.

From the above detailed description of the invention, it is believed that the construction and use thereof will at once be apparent, and

plurality of circumferentially extending vertically spaced elastic cords secured to the waist line of the dress by cover stitching and holding the stitched portion of the waist line in a gathered condition, said gathered portion and the means for holding the front panels in overlapped relation being circumferentially aligned and said gathered portion being spaced from the overlapping front panels.

DANIEL W. BARMON. 

